“synthesis” articles

The ferocity with which powerful interests are attacking WikiLeaks
and Julian Assange provides a hint about the potency of the information
that WikiLeaks has been publishing. Democracy Now! has been both doing
an excellent job of covering the ongoing WikiLeaks affair while at the
same time using that information to agitate for justice at the 2010
United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 16) in Cancún. All of this provides a
valuable window into how power operates and responds to threats.